I adore the Telltale Games adventure games. They're engaging, interesting, surprising and a wonderful modern look at Point-and-Click adventure games. In 2012, The Walking Dead Season 1, won Game of the Year from over 40 different sources. This is t…
Critique
24
Sep
2014
**Warning: Excessive gif usage ahead** I don't if you're aware of this but the Legend of Korra is pretty great. It's the literal spiritual successor to Avatar: The Last Airbender - get it? 'Cause Korra is the reincarnation of Aang and it's also a s…
Critique
3
Sep
2014
***Mild Spoilers Ahead*** Let me start out by saying, I don't hate South Park. I actually quite enjoy it in all it's satirical, ridiculous, toilet humour shenanigans. I'm aware of its many, many missteps over the years in how they choose to …
Critique
31
Oct
2013
Today I'm here to talk to you about the magic of friendship and the way in which it's portrayed in games, specifically I'll talk about Otome games and how they handle friendships. Otome Games, also known as "Maiden Games" are ones that usually targ…
Review
21
Oct
2013
In just a little over a week I managed to eat, sleep and pretty much breathe Pokemon Y to point where I completed the main plot line, beat the Elite Four and collected a couple of mysterious legendary Pokemon. In this weeks time I managed to come t…
So I was reacquainted with my favorite game of all time recently, Dragon Force for the Sega Saturn. It's an interesting take on the RTS genre. Players can choose from 1 of 8 kingdoms to start their journey of recruiting the eight members of the Dra…
Critique
3
Jul
2013
Kate Beaton offers a hilarious summary of what I'll be discussing in this comic. Check it out. Now don't get me wrong, I am a true believer that the ownership of one's sexuality is truly empowering. But what I'm going to argue today is that by obje…
Review
22
Mar
2013
AVAST! Assassin's Creed Spoilers abound me hearties. So this happened. And a small part of me died a little on the inside. Allow me to explain. The Assassin's Creed games have always been pretty cool. They mix two of my favorite things: Hist…
Critique
9
Nov
2012
In the last couple of weeks we've looked at a series of articles focusing unsurprisingly on issues of gender, representation and feminism in games. These articles have been a wonderfully brain wrinkling experience for me and you can find the source…
Critique
19
Oct
2012
In the article Women, Gender and Technology, which details the way different subdivisions of feminism interact with technology, it gave some fantastic examples of how technology designed by men can be limiting to potential females who wish to inter…
